K Categories Columns Features KinoKultur October 10, 2021 KinoKultur: recycled thrillers—Scream, Pretty Peggy and The Screaming Woman Two thrillers—Scream, Pretty Peggy and The Screaming Woman are striking examples of star/premise recycling in Made-for-TV films.
O Categories CIFF 2021 Features Festivals Movies October 10, 2021 Our 10 most anticipated films from the 2021 Chicago International Film Festival We break down the movies we're looking forward to seeing most out of this year's hybrid festival in Chicago.
M Categories Movies Reviews October 10, 2021 Madonna concert doc Madame X flirts with political provocation The queen of pop serves up a filmed version of her controversial 2020 tour, one as lush in style as it is thin in substance.
R Categories Festivals Movies Reeling 2021 Reviews September 28, 2021 Reeling 2021: Mascarpone takes a while to rise but reveals some sweetness in the end Mascarpone, a dramedy from Alessandro Guida and Matteo Pilati, recovers from a monotone to become a warm study of a man rebuilding himself.
R Categories Festivals Movies Reeling 2021 Reviews September 26, 2021 Reeling 2021: Invisible: Gay Women in Southern Music is as enthralling as it is expansive Invisible, T.J. Parsell's documentary about queer women and the country music they make, gives its subjects a space to shine.
R Categories Festivals Movies Reeling 2021 Reviews September 26, 2021 Reeling 2021: The Sixth Reel is a hilarious, warm, cinephiliac comedy With The Sixth Reel Charles Busch writes, directs, and stars in a delightful, frantic, thoughtful picture about the hunt for a lost film.
R Categories Festivals Movies Reeling 2021 Reviews September 26, 2021 Reeling 2021: Gemmel & Tim preserves the memories of two Black gay men denied justice Michiel Thomas' heartbreaking documentary calls for justice and equity and highlights the racial disparities in how society treats even gay men.
R Categories Festivals Movies Reeling 2021 Reeling 36 September 26, 2021 Reeling 2021: The Journey of Monalisa is intimate and winding The Journey of Monalisa, Nicole Costa's documentary about the life of poet, artist, friend, and sex worker Iván Monalisa is insightfully wry.
R Categories Festivals Movies Reeling 2021 Reviews September 25, 2021 Reeling 2021: Being Bebe is an affectionate (if shallow) portrait of a queen Being BeBe is a charming chronicle of Bebe Zahara Benet's life, but its undermined by its tendency to dodge heavier history.
R Categories Festivals Movies Reeling 2021 Reviews September 24, 2021 Reeling 2021: No Straight Lines traces the history of queer comic books Vivian Kleiman's documentary is a playful look at the art form that helped so many queer people find identity, even if only on the page.
